Subject: Re: bug#14518: abbrev edits - delay when saving

From: Andreas Röhler <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:38:23 +0200

Am 07.06.2013 03:43, schrieb Glenn Morris:
>
> ;; 1352 abbrevs
> (dotimes (i 2)
>    (dotimes (j 26)
>      (dotimes (k 26)
>        (define-abbrev emacs-lisp-mode-abbrev-table
>        (concat (char-to-string (+ 97 i))
>                (char-to-string (+ 97 j))
>                      (char-to-string (+ 97 k)))
>        "who cares"))))
>
> M-x write-abbrev-file  ; takes no measurable time for me
>
>
>
>

Going to EOB in abbrev file, line number shows "17870". Maybe that makes a diff?
BTW some modes seem to copy abbrev-table. Smarter inheritance seems feasible. Which should also affect write-times.